Independent segregation

• What does each homologous pair of chromosomes in your cells made up of?

  One chromosome from mum (maternal) one chromosome from dad (paternal)
• What happens when the homologous pairs are separated in meiosis 1?


  It is completely random which chromosome from each pair ends up in which daughter cell

  • so 4 daughter cells produced have completely different combinations of those maternal & paternal chromosomes
  • This is called independent segregation/shuffling of chromosomes
• What does this 'shuffling' of chromosomes lead to?

  Genetic variation in any potential offspring